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For the March challenge for 12 Months For Dogs group, we were asked for a different perspective or viewpoint, which gave a lot of scope to be creative.
Yes, left it to the last minute again ... found it hard to choose which pic to post as so many different approaches could've been used.
Finally decided on this one, mainly because I wanted to keep in the flow of my farm series for now.
On first joining Flickr, I was so captivated by Marco Sgarbi's 'Merammano' images on his own farm in Italy.
I've done mostly and many of Miss W as the show pony/diva/Dogue cover girl, or chuckling, Happy Face MW, so this is a break away from my usual style of her, more thoughtful, introspective …. ignoring me and the camera for a change.
I look at this one and I'm reminded that Merammas, along with other livestock guardians like the Great Pyranees and Kuvasz, are an Old World Breed with a history of thousands of years.
And with that comes a certain stoicism and endurance in character.
Definitely inspired by Marco..
(Tho' I have to laugh ... the other day on our walk, a little girl declared loudly to her mother, "Look Mummy, there's a wolf over there!"
Gosh, it brought up such an old memory from probably back in kindergarten, 1963, a school playground game we used to play, called Whitie The WonderDog, where this hero dog - yes, pure white - would go rescue people in trouble…
Where on earth did we get this idea from?
I'm sure none of us had TV yet and most certainly hadn't even heard of The Adventures of TinTin…)
Well anyway, a reflective mood for Lent and Passover/Pesach....
Enjoy your week, everyone x
BTW, no edits ..
I don't want to go to work today.
I want to pack up snacks, blankets, sketchbooks, and a camera. I want to walk down this path and find a spot to settle in for the day. I want to be creative and introspective.
But I will have to be satisfied with looking at this picture and imagining a different day in my mind...
(Textures by Distressed Jewell)
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Armada, so this chap was adjusting this aquatic sculpture, being directed by what I believe was the artist, not as easy as it seems!
Here is what I really like about the Song Man...his humility. He wasn't a fancy singer, arguable not America Idol material. I think he is missing teeth based on the whistle in evident in the sound; but he sang with a smile. He sang for the love of singing. He was passionate...He belted out his music even if there was nobody around. He made me think and feel how much we, "I" over complicate things rather than just enjoy. Introspectively, I have to sometime wonder, do I "sing" for the love of singing...meaning photography....sometimes admittedly so, get lost in the likes and not the love of photography. He helped me think about that. I have to do it for the passion! I love this hobby!
Near the city of Sagres, Portugal
I have just returned from a few days of vacation and adventure in Portugal. Unfortunately the weather has not been helpful and only a few shots are worth. I want to say thank you to the Portughese people, very nice and gentle, I hope to came back early!
I must admit it was a very introspective trip, alone as I like .. but I hope in a good company for the next trip.
I think this photo represents all my travel and my life time now. The young surfer who walks with his head down .. building a road... destroyed by the sea.
I learned a lot from this experience both for me and photographically. In the coming weeks I will upload new pictures, I just need time to review them. Thanks all for many comments, now I will also review your photostream.
Have a great Week End!
Update: on Explore!! thanks!!
One shot, no color correction.
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a rainy thought trapped in motion. he walks past a window, unaware that his world has already started to melt. the raindrops aren’t falling from the sky — they’re falling from within.
Know your Exits
Emerging from the dim light of the underpass, where the city's heartbeat pulses faintly against the cold concrete, everyone seems lost in their thoughts. What paths lay ahead of you? This direction is not just a way out of my place of shadows and echoes but a chance to make an existential choice. Exits in my urban chasm are not merely roads and streets; they are the decisions that define me, the moments of truth where my very being is distilled into action.
As I ponder existence and essence, I question whether freedom of choice is the most authentic expression. My choice carves a path that leads me back to the same variant of existence, and I never seem to leave. What are the invisible threads that connect my choices to a predetermined destiny?
I take a step forward with a deep breath, embracing the uncertainty that ensures my return. Lost in the labyrinthine streets, shadowed alleys, and false exits, I promise myself liberation and self-discovery as I take the next step that could redefine me.
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Keywords
urban art, existentialism, street art, cityscapes, choice and consequence, introspective art, philosophy in art, meaning of life, finding your path
you can’t photograph someone’s gaze without them knowing — not really. this isn’t just a portrait, it’s a pressure point. it bends the space between subject and viewer until presence becomes mutual. time slips out through the grain, and what remains is the kind of tension only silence explains.
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. I hope that you are all having a fantastic weekend of photography my Flickr friends!
Reality
There has a been a whole bunch of discussion as of late regarding what is photography, specifically in regard to processing or photo manipulation - you just need to search AIPPA and the name of a famous australian landscape photographer to get the gist of whats going on.
Its been great to see these discussions and also get a insight into what people think, not to see what side people are on, if thats even possible since to have sides there must be a line, but more to understand what is the drive behind them when they generate images.
It has also been interesting from a introspective view trying to understand what I enjoy about photography and drives me to continue doing it, for me its the process of being out there and taking the image and also the interpretation of that image through the processing, from a long exposure, to panoramic to a... dare I say it.. tiny planet or whatever, whatever I can come up with :) the final result, the finished image which gets dumped on social media, is but a mere 5% of the whole process and reason. That said its awesome for a having a timeline and collection of images since I could not organise or find any image on my hard drive beyond a few months ;)
so here we have a picture from Geiranger, Norway, its a wide angle panorama, using 4 frames to get the wide angle, each frame was bracketed to give 3 images, (one over exposed, one normally exposed and one under exposed) these were then automatically aligned and then manually blended (to preserve the bright areas and keep the dark areas) - is it reality? dunno, what if the mountains were tweaked to make them bigger ? everyone has a line when it comes to photography and art, simply because it might not be the same as your line does not make it right or wrong, just different - and just like opinions, this is just one :)
"And if we follow it?" he said.
"Maybe we’ll find what we lost," she said. "Not the past, but the part of ourselves we left there."
"Together?" he said.
"Always together," she said.
Today's musical selection comes from 1974: Bob Desper - Darkness Is Like A Shadow.
The day before walking into Rex recording studios, Desper went out and bought a brand new Martin D-28 acoustic guitar. New Sounds was recorded in one take. Some selections, in fact, were improvised on the spot. Wayne Lund, Co-owner of Rose City Sound and Producer of a handful of RCS releases (the label that originally released New Sounds), recalled Bob fondly: “He was a neat, neat guy . . . introspective” with “a marvelous touch on his strings.” “He was beyond playing the notes. . . . a tremendous talent,” an artist who “could communicate.” (source)
Snoqualmie Pass, WA
A young woman with long dark hair in the wind during the "Urkerdag 2023" event in Urk, The Netherlands.
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Introspective blue jay makes a brief morning visit to my yard habitat.
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. I hope that you are all having a great weekend of photography!
"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” ~C.G.
This is behind a waterfall in the magical land of Iceland.
Wednesday, June 15 at 12 (noon) slt grand opening.
"INTROSPECTIVE" is a journey through the Art and Creativity of Milena Carbone, in Second Life.
Dance show with Laltiha Carbone.
Opening party with the music of мяѕ. Ɓєєявαυм (landra.beerbaum)
Many thanks to Josh Groban for suggesting this scene in his famous rendition of "Your Raise Me Up" at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnztMhtUF6o
And here's to "simple pleasures" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiLTwtuBi-o
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Thank you all for supporting my photography with your kind comments and favourites, they are always appreciated.
each monday, my class pins up their projects corresponding to the weekly theme and then we critique. professor jean-paul bourdier starts us off with some words and then we launch into the critique.
when i read the description (scroll down to about the middle, see 'vis std 186b') i thought, 'ah! c'est parfait pour moi! c'est exactement où je suis maintenent. trop parfait.' and, as i am finding more and more, i was right. this class, along with the rest of them, is teaching me so much about the world and also about myself simultaneously, which i am realizing is simply the beauty of our existence; as we are able to search introspectively, we become more able to project these realizations and comprehend the world outside of ourselves. i am becoming more whole with every experience i am having. the more, the more. and i am delighted at the things i am discovering.
on a more technical note, i am learning through this particular class that the narrative behind the image is not relevant. as jean-paul says, 'forget about the author.' that being said, i will not try to relate what my thoughts were in the process of this image. i will allow it to speak to you for itself. and for this purpose also, i will title them with the name of the assignment, rather than my interpretation.
First posted on April 5, 2013
- Praia Grande, Portugal -
Rosa contemplates quietly as the sun sets ... I find she is always a little more introspective when she is at 'home.'
This was very difficult light ... what little of it that was left created a challenge for the camera but it performed very well under the circumstances. A bit of post-processing helped too (no doubt someone more proficient could have done better with the RAW file) and Rosa and I agree that this is quite close to the reality of the scene we enjoyed that evening. I wish only that you could also feel the fresh and invigorating westerly winds in our faces to truly appreciate the place that evening as we did. Thank you cousin António for rushing us to the coast in time to catch the sunset ... cousin Elsa was busy at home preparing for a trip to Angola and also preparing yet another delicious meal for us!
Pandemic Places -- Where People Used to Be
Most people throughout the world have been trying to create their own "new normal" in order to find a way to get through the Coronavirus pandemic. For me, documenting the impacts of the pandemic with my camera, riding my bicycle, and listening to music have helped me stay grounded and maintain a positive attitude. All of these things came together in a bit of serendipity last September. I spotted this bicyclist, listening to music, sitting along a pandemic-deserted Mass Avenue, and as I looked through the viewfinder in my camera, I noticed the plaque in front of me with the word "VIEWFINDERS". This serendipitous moment in the midst of a pandemic made me pause and be thankful for what I have. It's easy to focus on what the pandemic has taken away, but it's important to realize what the pandemic has given us. It's given us a chance to slow down and take an introspective look at who we are. To summon strength from where we may have thought we had no strength. To cement our friendships. To be thankful for things we likely took for granted. To understand that situations we can't control are fully under control and not overlooked by God. To live one moment at a time. To realize one moment at a time is all we are promised. And to love like there is no tomorrow.
Mass Ave
Indianapolis, IN
2020
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El ARTISTA QUE PINTA PENDEJADAS
Artista plastico que plasma sus ideas basadas en un mundo erotico-primitivo-surrealista.
Su imageneria va mas alla de una interpretación sexual. Utilizar al erotismo como punto primordial de su obra le sirve para criticar aspectos tanto psicologicos, sociales, y culturales, como politicos y religiosos, todo basado en el comportamiendo humano. Por su parte, la vida natural y animal los plantea como aspectos que carecen de juicio, permitiendoles una libertad sin prejuicios.
En el dificil camino de la creación plastica, Eloy Jiménez, ha encontrado un estilo propio que ha creado controversia. Dicho de otra manera, la utilización grafíca de elementos con connotación sexual hace que su obra pueda ser vista por muchos como cruda, burda, grotesca e irreal. Estos elementos estrechan la relacion del humano con el mundo animal permitiendole asociar comportamientos parecidos que establecen aspectos sociales en comunidad. De esta manera el asociar a la vida animal con la vida humana, crea un vinculo sexual inconsiente que lleva a cuestionamientos sociales y religiosos por patrones morales que obstaculizan al individuo premeditadamente, no permitiendolé el libre albedrio de escojer su sexualidad.
ARTIST STATEMENT
ELOY JIMENEZ “El Mixteco”
“When an art historian was preparing a lecture for a symposium on art and sexuality, he asked his friend Picasso where he drew the line between these two concepts. The painter replied: They the same thing, because art can only be erotic.” (Widmaier 2005)
In my sensitivity art is only erotic.
In the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, where I am from, where my roots begin, the culture is flooded with ideologies related to sex.
I am deeply influenced by my culture and my country. The codex (ancient Pre Columbian pictographs) contain representations of sexuality, none of which are considered immoral, to them it is part of life. Their Gods, their history, were all represented in this aspect.
Sexuality is, part of self not exclusive to a group or a certain culture.
In addition to my culture, I am also influenced by many important artists. Schield, Klimt, Picasso, Kokoschka and Toledo all work with erotic imagery. My attention was based primarily how they conveyed eroticism and sexuality. Each artist represented their own erotic style based on the premise of love, passion, emotion, sensuality and sexuality. In some cases they walked a thin line between eroticism and pornography.
I perceive that eroticism goes beyond the normal standards of love, passion, sex, and emotions. I discern that art is intertwined with pornography, and eroticism, and that they are inherent to each other. If one threatens to separate these concepts it will only justify societies judgments on what is moral and what is immoral.
My art work is more than a simple thematic representation; it is a procedure, a contemplative introspective arrangement. I was able to produce textural aspects that are not typically found with other traditional painting techniques on paper. I utilize the ancient Mixtec use of grana Cochinilla (ground Coachanil bug) in a new way.
I focused on two notions: the concept of diverse human sexuality and the concept of animal sexuality. Both have the same objective: to preserve the species. Only the humans have the ability to understand and recognize the sexual act as a pleasure.
My style is individual and distinctive; I call myself as an erotic artist. I focus on primitive conceptions in a contemporary society. For some pornography or eroticism is an attack on moral values, however, the erotic exist, unbeknownst to most, in the everyday.
RESUME
2006/2009 Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Area of Study: BFA in Fine Arts
2000/2005 Universidad Autonóma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (Facultad de Arquitectura 5 de Mayo)
Area of Study: Bachelor in Architecture
2000/2005 Universidad Autonóma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (escuela de Bellas Artes)
Area of Study: Technique career in Fine Arts
SOLO EXHIBITION
2009 Exhibition "Erotic Art"
Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Ben Baile Art Gallery.
2005 Exhibition "Ponerle en el Petate"
Museo Regional de Huajuapam de León, Oaxaca, México. MureH Gallery.
2002 Exhibition "Colgue los Huareches"
Museo Regional de Huajuapam de León, Oaxaca, México. MureH Gallery.
GROUPS EXHIBITION
2005 Exhibition "Arte Grafico en contra de la Guerra"
Andador Turistico de Oaxaca, México.
2002 Exhibition "Xilografías 2002"
Universidad Autonóma Metropolitana del DF, México. Leopoldo Mendez Gallery.
2002 Exhibition "Colgue los Huareches"
Casa de la Cultura Oaxaqueña Exconvento de los Siete Principes, Oaxaca, México. Gallery Second Fluor.
INSTALLATION
2007 Installation Sand Painting
Victoria Museum, Victoria, Texas
2006 Installation Sand Painting
Alameda Museum, San Antonio, Texas
2006 Installation Sand Painting
Mexicarte Museum, Austin, Texas. In Honor a Luis Jiménez.
2005 Installation Sand Painting
Bank Center, Corpus Christie, Texas.
Berlin, Gardens of the World, Chinese 'Dule Yuan' Garden Cabinet: Light and shadows on the ground of the hut
"Die Beschäftigung des Menschen mit sich selbst ist nicht erst seit dem Aufpoppen von Yogastudios und Meditations-Apps en vogue. Die introspektive und unabhängige Denkweise war z. B. bereits ein zentrales Element der gelungenen Lebensführung chinesischer Gelehrter. Sima Guang, Politiker, Historiker und Gelehrter aus der chinesischen Song-Dynastie, erschuf im 11. Jahrhundert einen Garten, der dieser Lebensführung angeblich besonders zuträglich war: den Dule Yuan, übersetzt in etwa „Garten des abgeschiedenen Vergnügens“. In einem Aufsatz beschrieb er die Struktur und die landschaftlichen Höhepunkte des Gartens. Seither kommt dem Dule Yuan ein herausragender Platz in der chinesischen Gartenbaugeschichte zu.Die Gestaltung des Gartens geht zurück auf ein Gemälde des Dule Yuan aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Seine geometrische Achsenstruktur setzt sich aus einem Bambuspfad, einer rechteckigen Platzfläche und einem Wasserkanal zusammen. Blickfang und beliebtes Fotomotiv des Gartens ist die modern gestaltete, stählerne und in Gold lackierte Bambushütte, die sich harmonisch in die sanfte Geometrie der sie umgebenden Gartenlandschaft einfügt. Durch die umliegenden Spiegelflächen entsteht eine vertikale Tiefe, die die Grenze zwischen Mensch und Natur verschwimmen lässt. Ganz im Sinne des Dule Yuan sind die Spiegelflächen außerdem Schnittpunkte zwischen Realität und Imagination, zwischen Sehen und Gesehenwerden. Dieses fließende Raumbewusstsein ist es, was die spirituelle Essenz chinesischer Gärten ausmacht."
Beschreibung übernommen von der Website der Gärten der Welt
www.gaertenderwelt.de/gaerten-architektur/internationale-...
"The preoccupation of humans with themselves hasn’t only been in fashion since the advent of yoga studios and meditation apps. Introspective and independent ways of thinking were, for example, already a central element of the way of life of Chinese scholars. Sima Guang, politician, historian and scholar of the Chinese Song dynasty, created a garden in the 11th century that was said to be particularly beneficial to this lifestyle: the Dule Yuan, translated as "Garden of Secluded Pleasure". In an essay he described the structure and landscape highlights of the garden. Since then, the Dule Yuan has maintained a pre-eminent position in Chinese horticultural history.The design of the garden is based on a painting by Dule Yuan from the 16th century. Its geometric axis structure is composed of a bamboo path, a rectangular plaza and a water channel. The garden's eye-catching and popular photo spot is the modern designed steel bamboo hut painted in gold, which blends in harmoniously with the gentle geometry of the surrounding garden landscape. The surrounding mirror surfaces create a vertical depth that blurs the boundary between man and nature. In the spirit of the Dule Yuan, the mirror surfaces are also intersections between reality and imagination, between seeing and being seen. This fluid awareness of space is what makes up the spiritual essence of Chinese gardens."
Description taken from the web site of the Gardens of the World.
www.gaertenderwelt.de/en/gardens-architecture/internation...
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. This rail bridge in the city is known colloquially as the "Hielanman's Umbrella".
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“I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen
Of meadow flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair
I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see
For still there are so many things
That I have never seen
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green
I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people that will see a world
That I shall never know."
~J.R.R. Tolkien
Feeling introspective today, and filled with wanderlust.
Check out this link, I've been featured on Photography Blogger! www.photographyblogger.net/20-enchanting-photos-from-heat...
ALIENATED by Adwehe, the December 2024 exhibition @ Nitroglobus main hall.
Adwehe returns to the gallery with an introspective collection that explores feelings of estrangement in the face of a rapidly shifting world. Drawing inspiration from the global socio-political landscape, Adwehe’s work reflects on themes such as the upheaval in Western political movements, the persistence of global conflicts, and the dramatic evolution of societal norms. Her art serves as a poignant response to these sweeping changes, offering a personal view into the alienation and disconnection many of us feel in these turbulent times.
Visitors can expect a vibrant and heartfelt presentation that not only showcases Adwehe's multi talent but also sparks meaningful reflection on the state of the world today.
See you @ the gallery
dido
Sincere thanks to David Silence, who as always created the professional poster, based on an image of Adwehe.
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Opening party: Monday 2 December, 12 PM SLT
Music by DJ Kastor
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Description of the artist:
In this exhibition, I attempt to touch on some of the darker sides of what technology has brought us in recent decades. Even with all the benefits it brings, social media and AI continue to cast an ever-growing darker shadow over society and the world, leading to division, destabilization, exploitation, and alienation.
The title of the exhibition also reflects my own feelings of alienation from the creation of more images, in the context of the unimaginable amounts of images produced every day. I embarked on a journey using only SL and the EEP sky options in the viewer to slowly delve into these feelings of alienation, drifting through the stories of our time.
Nuance and greyscale are not popular these days, its all black and white, a one second attention span, no thinking needed, all subtlety and depth erased.
I just want to be reborn, again and again, in beautiful vibrant colors.
Grayscales... translated into vibrant color.
Adwehe